Following publication of the required form of the ballot paper for the European Referendum, Dirk Hazell, the leader of the UK EPP, has demanded that all Electoral Commissioners immediately resign.

“In deviating from the traditional Yes/No ballot in a referendum, the Electoral Commission over-stretched its statutory remit and must accept all responsibility,” Dirk Hazell commented.

“The ballot paper in this referendum is a matter of great constitutional significance and obviously should have been treated with the greatest care. Instead, the published ballot paper is fundamentally flawed: visual bias gives undue prominence to the ballot choice of voting to leave the EU,” he explained.

“As the Commissioners’ meddling has led to a manifestly biased ballot paper, they should all immediately resign,” he concluded.